A MAROON LACQUER SUZURIBAKO deacoarated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, kirikane, hirame and kimpun with Chinese scholars and children on a rocky path by a bamboo grove, the figures inlaid in metal in high relief, the interior decorated in mura-nashiji on roironuri ground with fujibakama in gold, fitted with a slate suzuri and a round engraved metal suiteki (minor chips, metal slightly discoloured), unsigned, 19th Century